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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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